1st Grade

CURRICULUM

This year's curriculum includes. . .

Reading

• Decode and recognize first grade sight words and high-frequency words
• Fluency and expression
• Check for understanding of the story/text to build comprehension
• Read a variety of text
• Express ideas with others

Writing

• Write for a variety of purposes
• Apply knowledge of structures and conventions 
• Write and revise independently
• Form letters to make writing readable (Handwriting Without Tears)

Word Work

• Letter sounds, vowel sounds, patterns
• Conventions: capitalization and punctuation
• Inflectional endings (-s, -ed, -ing)
• Structure of a sentence

Math

• Add and subtract within 20
• Develop an understanding of place value within 120
• Understand the relationship of addition and subtraction

Social Studies

• Citizenship
• Geography
• U.S. Symbols, icons, and traditions
• Life long ago and today
• Cultures: similarities and differences
• Goods and services

Science/Health

• Habitats
• Air & weather
• Solids and liquids
• Healthy habits